| 100% | CRAB | 4 | Type of seafood that can also refer to a cranky person |
| 39% | SHAG | 4 | Type of carpet that can be difficult to vacuum |
| 39% | SHAG | 4 | Type of carpet that can be hard to clean |
| 39% | ELM | 3 | Type of tree that can have a Dutch disease |
| 39% | ATOMIC | 6 | Type of number that can range from 1 to 118 |
| 39% | PIE | 3 | Type of chart that is also a dessert |
| 39% | ETAL | 4 | Etc. substitute while referring to a list of people |
| 38% | ROMA | 4 | Type of tomato that's also called a plum tomato |
| 38% | PIE | 3 | Dessert that can also be the shape of a chart |
| 38% | STRING | 6 | Type of cheese that can be peeled from a stick |
| 38% | POT | 3 | Word that, when affixed to the first word of each starred answer, refers to a type of person |
| 38% | MAZE | 4 | Type of puzzle that can be solved by a slime mold |
| 38% | ETAL | 4 | List-ender while referring to a list of people: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SKIRT | 5 | Piece of clothing that can also be a verb |
| 38% | MOBILITY | 8 | Type of aid that helps a person get around |
| 37% | CLAM | 4 | Seafood that a tight-lipped person might be compared to |
| 37% | TRAPDOOR | 8 | Type of computer system defect that can lead to hacking |
| 37% | ODE | 3 | Type of poem that's often a tribute to something |
| 37% | SILVER | 6 | Type of bullet that is said to kill a werewolf |
| 37% | IRA | 3 | Man's name that can also be the initials of a financial plan |
| 37% | BUS | 3 | Vehicle that can ferry a whole lot of people |
| 36% | NAILEDIT | 8 | Cry of success that can also be a sarcastic admission of failure |
| 36% | MIDI | 4 | A type of skirt that extends to the mid-calf |
| 36% | DDR | 3 | Abbreviation that can refer to East Germany or a Konami game |
| 36% | NOUN | 4 | Word that refers to a person, place, animal, thing |
| 36% | LATTE | 5 | Type of coffee that is made by adding steamed milk to a coffee base |
| 36% | TUMBLER | 7 | Word that can mean a type of drinking glass or an acrobat |
| 36% | MOLE | 4 | *Beauty mark like that of Marilyn Monroe, or word that could also refer to 19a, 23a, 26a, 45a, and 30d |
| 36% | RELAY | 5 | Type of race that requires the participant to pass on a baton |
| 36% | ORCA | 4 | Predator that can grow to roughly the size of a school bus |